Glass production transition to renewable fuels

20 April 2021

Hosted by Steklarna Hrastnik as part of the ‘Inspiring Webinar’ series for Glass Trends, this webinar will look at the sustainability and transition to renewable fuels for the glass production sector.

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Recylability of Light Alloys

14 April 2021

With presentations from industry experts, this webinar will explore the opportunities for recyclability in manufacturing processes using aluminium packaging and titanium.

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High temperature environmental stress corrosion cracking of Nickel superalloys

23 March 2021

The aim of this webinar is to explain the rationale behind the use and modification of a simple test method to assess stress corrosion cracking of single crystal Nickel based superalloys at temperatures ranging from 400-600°C. The webinar covers key elements of test specimen design, its implementation, and inspection methods used to characterise these materials when under constant loads in corrosive environments.

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Elastomer Use in Sustainable Energy Generation

19 March 2021

Hosted by Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining. This afternoon technical discussion meeting examines the use of advanced elastomer materials in sustainable energy generation.

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Under Pressure! The Advantages and Pitfalls of Pressure Casting for Ceramics

25 March 2021

In this webinar hosted by Lucideon, ceramic processing expert Andy Perry will walk through the procedure of pressure casting for ceramic products. He will give an overview of why pressure casting is favored by many manufacturers, and give special attention to the disadvantages of the technique.

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Ceramics UK – 2022 Ceramics Expo

7th – 8th July 2021

Ceramics UK is a free-to-attend event that will showcase the historical and growing technical ceramics industry in the UK, with suppliers and end-users internationally. With the ceramic industry growing in the UK, this will provide an ideal opportunity for the supply chain to access these manufacturers directly.

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Digital manufacturing technologies for the chemicals using industries

23 March 2021

Following on from last year’s successful event ‘Going Digital: Computational tools in chemical R&D’ the KTN Chemistry and Industrial Biotechnology team are running a virtual event to explore how digital technologies can be used to deliver improved efficiencies and increased productivity in scale-up and at-scale manufacturing.

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Celebrating International Women’s Day 2021

TFI Network+ celebrated International Women’s Day 2021 by highlighting the work of inspiring women within the Network and foundation industries. Catch up in our campaign, read about our inspiring women and find networks within your sector.

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New study suggests recycling face masks into road materials

Disposable face masks could be recycled to make roads, in a circular economy solution to pandemic-generated waste.

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World’s most sustainable glass bottles created in ground-breaking biofuel trial

A revolutionary project undertaken by glass container manufacturer and British Glass member Encirc, and industry research and technology organisation Glass Futures, has proven that new bottles are able to be made from 100% recycled glass, using only the energy from burning ultra-low-carbon biofuels.

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